by Nicole Havelka | Oct 5, 2022 | Burnout, Community, Ritual, Self Care
Hiding from fear At New Year’s last year, I set my intention as streamlining. I wrote just a couple of weeks ago about how my understanding about the intention has evolved. As with anything that you stick with for a while, it continues to evolve in wholly unexpected...
by Nicole Havelka | Jun 29, 2022 | Community, Creativity, Ritual, Self Care
A fantastic group assembled for my Summer Solstice Restorative Yoga Celebration last week. And we continued that remarkable energy in our last session of the Liberation Series during the Wednesday yoga class. I’m seriously still doing a happy dance!...
by Nicole Havelka | Jun 2, 2022 | Change Leadership, Creativity, Faith Formation, Healing, Mindfulness, Ritual, Self Care, Social Justice
Presence. That’s the word that emerged when Sharon Salzberg, the well-known Buddhist meditation teacher and author, invited us to reflect on dharma. The Buddhist concept, which can be understood in a wide variety of ways, can mean that which sustains us or what we can...
by Nicole Havelka | May 19, 2022 | Burnout, Mindfulness, Self Care
If you’ve ever thought, “My mind is just too busy to meditate.” This blog is for you. I get it. When I started doing regular yoga classes 18 years ago, I could barely make my body-mind still during the 5-minute final resting pose (svasana) at the end of a yoga...
by Nicole Havelka | Apr 12, 2022 | Change Leadership, Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Pop Culture, Self Care
The other day, I put my car key fob in a sweatshirt pocket and washed it with the laundry. Fortunately, the fob still worked after I dried it out and put in a new battery. The next day, I went to the grocery store only to discover that I left my wallet at home. The...
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